Adonijah

The name Adonijah is the #7,258 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 481 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,131 (9.9% percentile) for all time with 455 births since 1982. For girls, it ranks #5,690 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 1998.

Adonijah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Adonijah is available in 31 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023 (31 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Adonijah has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.6% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Adonijah reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #876) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Adonijah ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 37.3% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Adonijah reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #873) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.